Foodlaw-Reading Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Food Law News - EU - 2018

Council Minutes, 26 February 2018

ADDITIVES / FLAVOURINGS – Council discussions: Food regulations 

The following is an extract from the minutes of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting held on the 26 February 2018:

The Council decided not to oppose the adoption of the following five Commission regulations regarding food additives and food flavourings:

• Regulation (EU) …/… amending annex II to regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 concerning  the use of polyglycerol polyricinoleate (E 476) in emulsified sauces;
• Regulation (EU) …/… amending the annex to regulation (EU) No 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in annexes II and III to regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the as regards specifications for polyvinyl alcohol-polyethylene glycol graftco-polymer (E 1209); 
• Regulation (EU) …/.. amending annex II to regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 as regards the use of thaumatin (E 957) as a flavour enhancer in certain food categories;
• Regulation (EU) …/… correcting certain language versions of regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of on food additives;
• Regulation (EU) …/… amending and correcting annex I to regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 concerning certain flavouring substances.

The Commission regulations are adopted through the so called regulatory procedure with scrutiny. This means that now that the Council has given its consent, the Commission may adopt the regulations, unless the European Parliament objects.